Salem Witch Trials

Girls start to exhibit strange behaviour

Jan 10, 1692

They were screaming, barking, meowing and mooing

First public exhibit of girls being bewitched

Jan 27, 1692

Girls names are Betty Parris,Abigail Williams and Ann Putnam, Jr.

Girls announce names of witches Tituba Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne

Mar 17, 1692

Tituba was a slave, Sarah Good was a beggar and Sarah Osborne was an old woman who married her slave.

Accusations of Witches

Period: Mar 17, 1692 to May 4, 1692

There was a total of 150 people accused

Salem Witch Trials

Period: May 27, 1692 to Sep 24, 1692

There were a total of 59 people tried for witchcraft and a total of 31 people charged with witchcraft. All of the women who admitted to witchcraft lived and all of the women who denied witchcraft were hanged.

First Hanging

Jun 10, 1692

Bridget Bishop was hanged on Gallows Hill

Second Hanging

Jul 19, 1692

Sarah Good, Elizabeth Howe, Susanna Martin, Rebecca Nurse and Sarah Wild were hanged on Gallows Hill.

Third Hanging

Aug 19, 1692

George Burroughs, Martha Carrier, George Jacobs, John Proctor and John Willard were hanged on Gallows Hill

Giles Cory Pressed To Death

Sep 19, 1692

Giles Cory was pressed to death because he refused to enter a plea.

Fourth Hanging

Sep 22, 1692

Martha Corey, Mary Easty, Alice Parker, Mary Parker, Ann Pudeater, Margaret Scott, Wilmot Reed and Samuel Wardwell hanged on Gallows Hill

4 people die in prison

Sep 28, 1692

Sarah Osburne, Roger Toothaker, Ann Foster and Lydia Dustin die in jail